Example sentences of "[vb past] a [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tenacious and long-memoried , they had not allowed themselves to be uprooted or changed a second time . |
| 2 | They did it , very slowly and tenderly , and then drove on again ; and then Boy made him stop the second time , in a layby with the first lorry headlights going past , and the man took Boy 's cock in his mouth again , and masturbated Boy again so that he came a second time , and then they drove again . |
| 3 | Adam nodded a third time . |
| 4 | So Middleton did two sorties I believe , and on each occasion he brought back an aircraft that was no longer capable of flying and was a write-off , it had so much flak and fighter damage , When the same thing happened a second time I had Middleton in and told him that one of his problems was his navigator who was just not able to navigate him round the very heavy flak areas . |
| 5 | Wee Charlie shrieked a last time , and promptly vanished from view . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you understand me ? ’ he asked a second time . |
| 7 | The Liberal party disintegrated a second time . |
| 8 | After they have turned round under gravity and interacted a second time with the microwaves , the fraction of atoms in the F=4 level is detected and recorded . |
| 9 | Miss Logan immediately agreed a second time . |
| 10 | Clause read a Second time . |
| 11 | Susan giggled a third time . |
| 12 | He began a third time with Abraham and the miracle of his son Isaac . |
| 13 | Noah 's family so quickly spoiled the new creation that God then made , and after Babel God began a third time with the calling of Abraham . |
| 14 | Desperate now , I pulled a third time , and a third time the boots slipped . |
| 15 | Fifteen minutes were to pass before the bell rang a second time , succeeded by that awful rattle . |
| 16 | As the bell rang a third time to indicate the beginning of lessons , the girls moved into four groups around four tables , and the teachers came into the room to start the Bible class . |
| 17 | He flipped a third time . |
| 18 | Only when Chuck reloaded and shot a third time did the animal slowly crumple to the ground and roll onto its side , leaving one great horn curving majestically upward above the tall grass . |
| 19 | ‘ The old boy married a second time and she 's a splendid woman . |
| 20 | ‘ Good luck , Michael , ’ the old cattle dealer said a last time but Moran made no answer in the darkness . |
| 21 | England duly subsided a second time , the honours going to Downton who was promoted to open in place of Andy Lloyd and made a solid 56 , but wickets fell steadily and 235 all out meant that the victory margin was an innings and 180 runs . |